Tenth Generation

9959. Norman L CARDEY²¹⁷² was born on 4 November 1908 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. He died in April 1987 at the age of 78 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. He was buried on 22 April 1987 at Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.

!Sources:

1. Carl Cardey-1 family notes.

2. Obituary, read at his funeral by a friend.

NORMAN L, CARDEY, M.D. WAS BORN NOVEMBER 4, 1909 IN HOLLYWOOD TO REV. ELMER L, CARDEY, A SEVENTH?DAY ADVENTIST PREACHER AND HIS WIFE, EFFIE PHILBRIC CARDEY. HE HAD ONE BROTHER PAUL C. CARDEY, M.D. WHO DIED I N 1979,

THE FAMILY MOVED TO BROOKLYN, NY WHEN NORMAN WAS TWO
YEARS OLD AND THEN TO BOSTON, MA. WHERE NORMAN ATTENDED
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AT ABOUT THE AGE OF 10 OR 12 HE DECIDED
THAT HE WANTED TO BE A DOCTOR. WHEN HE WAS A TEEN?AGER THEY
MOVED TO HARTFORD, CONN,

NORMAN ATTENDED COLUMBIA UNION COLLEGE I N TAKOMA PARK, MARYLAND . HE ENTERED LOMA LINDA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE I N 1929 GRADUATING IN 1933. WHILE STILL IN MEDICAL SCHOOL, NORMAN DECIDED THAT HE WANTED TO PRACTICE IN A SMALL TOWN OR BE THE BEST SURGEON THAT HE COULD POSSIBLY BE, HE COMPLETED AN INTERNSHIP IN BALTIMORE
AT MARYLAND GENERAL HOSPITAL IN 1934,

HE THEN STARTED PRACTICE AS A GENERAL PRACTITIONER IN WINONA, WEST VIRGINIA AND REMAINED THERE UNTIL 1940 WHEN HE COMPLETED POST?GRADUATE TRAINING IN GENERAL SURGERY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.

IN JUNE 1941 NORMAN ENTERED THE U.S. ARMY AND WAS STATIONED AT LOVELL GENERAL HOSPITAL IN AYER, MA. HE SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE 11TH EVACUATION HOSPITAL UNIT IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER. HE WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY AS A MAJOR IN 1946 AFTER BEING A PATIENT AT THE LETTERMAN GENERAL HOSPITAL IN SAN FRANCISCO.

HE THEN BEGAN HIS LONG ASSOCIATION WITH THE CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL AS A RESIDENT IN SURGERY, COMPLETING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AMERICAN BOARD OF SURGERY. HE STARTED HIS PRIVATE SURGICAL PRACTICE IN 1948 AND BECAME A MEMBER OF THE TEACHING SURGICAL STAFF AT THE CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL. FOR MANY YEARS HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE VOLUNTEER FACULTY IN THE ANATOMY DEPARTMENT, OF THE U.S.C. SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY.

NORMAN WAS A DEDICATED "COMPLEAT" SURGEON. HIS DIAGNOSTIC ABILITY AND SURGICAL SKILLS WERE OUTSTANDING, HE HAD A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR OF WHICH, I AM SURE, MANY OF YOU WERE AWARE.

HE WILL BE SORELY MISSED BY HIS PATIENTS, SURGICAL RESIDENTS,
DENTAL STUDENTS, STAFF AND EMPLOYEES OF THE CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL,
HIS FRIENDS, AND ESPECIALLY HIS FAMILY,

NORMAN MARRIED AUDREY MABLE LEA, JUNE 11, 1936 AND THEY CELEBRATED THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING LAST JUNE. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY NEPHEWS CARL CARDEY, HIS WIFE MARLENE AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN AND BY JAMES CARDEY, HIS WIFE JOYCE AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN.

NORMAN WAS A SHRINER, MEMBER OF THE AL MALAIKAH TEMPLE IN LOS ANGELES AND HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF THE LONGDALE MASONIC LODGE IN WEST VIRGINIA FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS. NORMAN ALSO WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, THE PAN PACIFIC SURGICAL SOCIETY, THE NATIONAL MEDICAL VETERANS SOCIETY, THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, THE CALIFORNIA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

NORMAN LOVED TO FISH AND GO BIRD HUNTING, HOWEVER, HE NEVER TO HAVE MUCH TIME TO ENJOY THESE PASTIMES.

NORMAN CARDEY LOVED THE PRACTICE OF SURGERY AND NEVER WANTED TO RETIRE. HE SAID HE WANTED TO DIE WITH HIS BOOTS ON, AND HE DID.

FAREWELL MY FRIEND.

Norman L CARDEY and Audrey Mabel LEA were married about 1930 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Audrey Mabel LEA²¹⁷² was born on 11 June 1908.